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The Nation paused to remember America's Veterans as President Donald Trump¹ delivered a speech before the opening of an annual Veterans Day Parade in New York city. Vice² President Mike Pence honored the nation's veterans in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery³.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Chicago where a plane skidded⁴ off the runway. However, no one was injured. A blast of winter weather is expected to bring heavy snow to some states in the Midwest and Northeast, along with record low temperatures as far south as the Texas gulf⁵ coast.

SpaceX launched another Falcon⁶ rocket- this one carrying dozens of mini satellites to orbit the Earth and expand high speed internet to more parts of the Globe. It was also the companys fourth launch of a reusable booster rocket that came back to Earth and landed on an offshore⁷ platform.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 cemetery
n.坟墓，墓地，坟场
参考例句：
He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。 His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

4 skidded
v.（通常指车辆）侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区
参考例句：
The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。 The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

5 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 falcon
n.隼，猎鹰
参考例句：
The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。 The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

7 offshore
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。 A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

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